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Baked Angelhair Pasta Pie

That right there, ladies and gentlemen, is a slice of heaven. The recipe is in my tattered brown notebook… the one I keep with me in case I see/hear a recipe that sounds like something I’d like to try. I think the original recipe came from that show Everyday Italian with Giada di Laurentiis and was really heavy on the meat and cheese but I really loved the idea of it and thought I’d veganize it.

It turned out magnificent. It’s definitely not something I’d eat everyday because it’s super fattening and has a lot of processed fake cheese substitute in it but as a “treat”, it’s really delicious. Husband and I tried it hot out of the oven, at room temperature and cold the next day. To be honest, cold was brilliant…in that cold left-over pizza sorta way.

Sauté the Japanese eggplant and garlic in T. olive oil till browned. Remove from pan to cool. Meanwhile, reconstitute the tvp in the stock and cook the pasta as per package directions.

Once pasta is cooked and drained, toss it with the eggplant, the tvp, the tomatoes, and the red pepper flakes. Let this cool completely to room temperature.

Roll out one sheet of puff pastry and line a 9″ springform pan with it. Stir the cheeses into the pasta mix and dump this into the puff pastry. Roll out the second sheet of pastry and lay this over top, making sure to pinch the edges together so there will be no leaks.

Bake in preheated oven for 1.5 hours. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan and slicing.

Mmmmmm….the pastry is crisp and flaky and the filling is chewy and gooey and tomato-y and it all comes together in this mouth-watering, perfect slice.

Oh, and on a completely unrelated and somewhat disappointing note, my brown notebook had a little scribble right beside that recipe that told me I should try dredging lemon slices and frying them. I took the bait. And I was very sad I did. The initial flavour that hits the palate was okay, but the aftertaste was horrid….and the lemon flesh just gooshed into your mouth when you bit into the round and it was squishy and wet and I hated it!

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